A long time ago, I was reluctant to reach for Polish cultural works. This was partially justified, because some products presented very poorly compared to Western competition (e.g. cartoons for children, some films or games), and partially they did not. This was due to my stupid belief that "if we do XXX poorly, we do YYY bad too", which was not true, for example, in the case of music - in this respect we were not worse than the west. When it comes to films, I will not talk in detail - I assume that there were certainly more good examples that could successfully compete with productions from the West, with a much larger budget, or more experienced creators. At the moment I can definitely mention "Psy 1" from Władysław Pasikowski or "Dad" by Maciej Ślesicki. Among the new examples I can mention "Wołyń" (English title "Hatred"), "Suicide Room" (yes, I know that I am in the minority and most criticize him, but I will defend him, because he did some things very well) or "Miasto" 44 ", which technically did not differ much from the competition, but had other errors. Or the Polish adaptation of "The Witcher", which had a large budget (for those times and possibilities, or at least that's what I read in articles by people who are smarter than me), but as it happens in my country - there was no idea for this film, some of the money was stolen, the creators focused on too many things, instead of making a solid adaptation of 1 or 2 stories combined into 1 movie, it ended up crap.
The movie I'm going to cover today is a specific production with a clear purpose. He does not pretend to be overly ambitious, the creators consciously want to provide us only with good fun. There are no unnecessary things in it, it makes good use of patterns from horror movies, transferring them to the native soil, generally I can say that it is a solid and artisanal, yet repetitive job. Is it wrong though? No, especially since it was done better than the horrors of a few decades ago. To be clear - I'm not saying that it is better, because this comparison would be unjustified. Those films were made in their own time, they created this genre, the creators did not have such a baggage of experiences and models from which they could draw, just like Poles. It's like complaining about the old FPS games that were built on the wave of popularity of "Doom 1" and comparing them with "Painkiller" or "Chrome". It is simply unfair. However, things are different when we compare the quality and fun that both videos deliver without comparing them too much.
My friend Mariusz (he writes on Hive - give a like for mariogrochu89, he'll need xD) praised this movie a few (or a dozen or so, I don't remember) months ago, when Netflix saved the creators and allowed them to earn (he came out at the beginning of the pandemic, at a time when people were really scared and avoided going to the movies). I didn't feel like it back then, but I've been fond of horror movies for some time and I want to watch classic productions or just good representatives of this genre. I remembered that Mariusz praised this movie, and uploading the trailer of 2 parts by Netflix worked for me like a finisher in a boxing fight - I had no choice, I had to watch it. In fact, neither me nor Asia regretted it, although my girlfriend was less satisfied.
The plot is as simple as a wire. It is just like European literature from the Romantic era - if you know a few songs, it's like you know them all. If you've seen a few horror movies from the '80s and' 90s, the script will not surprise you with anything. There are exactly the same patterns, archetypes of heroes, and motivations of murderers as in classic slashers. In fact, even one of the characters mentions them expressis verbis - those who have sex will be the first to die. Those who split up will die. Those who make stupid mistakes or move to suspicious places will also die. However, the world has changed a lot since the cinemas were broadcasting "Halloween" or "Friday the 13th" - we have unrestricted access to the Internet at almost any place and time, people are more self-aware, cameras are in many places, many of us have it. in the pocket of your pants (and quite good, if you insist, you can use it to record a normal movie or TV series - and I'm absolutely not kidding here). The creators solved this problem in a simple and wise way - the action "Nobody will sleep in the forest today" takes place during the holiday camp, where the participants' phones were taken away, there was no access to technology, etc. The script itself has several holes, such as the fact that a deeply traumatized young girl was sent to such a camp, but ... such a production is more or less on the same level as the expectation of a prostitute to recite us poems before sex. Yes, this does not mean that you can forgive these mistakes, but you can look at it more favorably.
When it comes to the aforementioned brutality, special effects and technical execution, our movie has absolutely nothing to be ashamed of. The death scenes look nice and real, I don't think I felt artificial in any way (even in sex scenes, which are not always well shown in Polish cinematography). I can say the same about the blood, the appearance of the corpse, or the special effects. The brutal scenes were so bloody and natural that both ordinary viewers and fans of the genre should not complain about it. Well, at least I didn't remember anything that would bother me during the screening (except for a few stupid things that I already wrote about in the context of the script). My knowledge of horror movies is poor, but I can honestly say that the Polish work gave me a lot more fun than "Hellraiser 2", all the parts of "Friday 13th" that I saw, or other horror movies (except for "Hellraiser 1" or "Halloween 1 & 2"). Most of the actors play weird, not to say poorly (except for a few of them, for example the postman), but it's a standard for this type of cinema. Sometimes I felt a little cringe, especially in the scenes with the priest, but I expected it to be worse.
To sum up, as I have already mentioned - this is not a production that will surprise you with anything. This is a painfully standard slasher. However, if you don't mind it, you should have a lot of fun. It's such a good junk movie to watch for a weekend with your girlfriend or buddies. Better than most of the junk productions that Netflix makes or buys. I rate it on 7/10.